Job Summary

Role will be of student affairs professional (Director of Student Experience). Promote academic scholarship through, mentoring students, and collaborating in areas related to professional expertise and experience  Initiate, coordinate, and support all Civil and Construction Engineering undergraduate recruitment and outreach efforts on behalf of the School. Develop and coordinate outreach and recruitment marketing efforts. Develop and create strategic partnerships, both on- and off-campus, that support recruitment and outreach efforts    primarily for undergraduate students.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Work autonomously to develop strategic and operational plans for undergraduate recruitment.
• Initiate, plan, coordinate, and execute new products, processes, and standards for all undergraduate recruitment and outreach efforts on behalf of the School.
• This may include partnering with Office of Future Engineers and First Year Engineering, interacting with prospective students and families, chairing the recruitment committee, and more.  
• Lead development and coordination of marketing efforts for undergraduate recruitment and outreach.
• Develop creative solutions to the complex issue of undergraduate enrollment by searching out, developing, and implementing strategic partnerships (Freshman Learning Communities, Summer College for High School Students) and initiatives (with on- and off-campus stakeholders) that provide a value-added benefit for the School.
• Build awareness about School and programs through creating and cultivating relationships.
• Collaborate with and provide support to student ambassadors and support staff to support recruitment and outreach efforts.  
• Develop and manage a budget for recruitment and outreach efforts.

About Us:

The Lyles School of Construction and Civil Engineering at Purdue University strives to advance civil engineering learning, discovery, and engagement in fulfillment of the Land Grant promise and the evolving responsibility of a global university.

For the past several years, we have been consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top 10 civil engineering undergraduate and graduate programs in the country. We are justifiably proud of our past accomplishments; prouder still of the hard work, dedication, and academic rigor it took to get us to this point.  But we are striving to improve further.  While our accomplishments, not to mention our graduates, have been exemplary, we will not merely reflect on the past but continue to make civil engineering history.  We are committed to leading the civil engineering profession and to be the most sought-after civil engineering program in the country.

For more information about our department, please visit: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CE

What We're Looking For:

Education and Experience
Qualified candidates will need:

• Bachelor's degree 
• Six (6) years of relevant work experience

Skills needed:

• Knowledge of civil and construction engineering desirable
• Ability to tackle complex and multidimensional issues
• Knowledge of program and project management
• Strong interpersonal, professional, and communication skills and ability to establish good working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders/customers
• Strong organizational and time management- skills with an emphasis on accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to initiate and coordinate an ambitious recruitment program
• Ability to identify, create, and collaborate marketing content to support recruiting and outreach efforts
• Ability to work independently as well as contribute to a team-oriented environment
• Possess a learning and discovery orientation to new and changing technologies including social media, websites, databases, LMS, word processing, spreadsheets, desktop publishing, surveys, and presentation applications
• Strong interpersonal, professional, and communication skills when interacting with and managing teaching assistants

Who We Are:

Purdue is a community built on collaboration, with global perspectives, Boilermaker pride and endless opportunity to live, learn and grow. Join us and contribute to our culture.

Additional Information:

• Purdue’s benefits summary https://www.purdue.edu/hr/Benefits/
• Purdue will not sponsor employment authorization for this position  
• A background check will be required for employment in this position
• FLSA: Exempt (Not Eligible For Overtime)
• Retirement Eligibility: Defined Contributions immediately  
• Purdue University is an EOE/AA employer. All individuals, including minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply

Career Stream

Compensation Information:
Professional 4
Pay Band S065
Job Code#20002136
 
Link to Purdue University's Compensation Guidelines: https://www.purdue.edu/hr/mngcareer/compguidelines/index.php